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Movies Movies Movies - What we do!

My name is Victor Herrera and I curate free films in Uptown.  Currently we have two programs.  

  1. 'Movies at Buttercup' - Going on our 4th year we present free outdoor movies through September at Buttercup Playlot Park in Uptown.  Click here for details
  2. Other screenings (POSTPONED).  Click here for details

Movies at Buttercup

In partnership with the Buttercup Park Advisory Council we bring you free outdoor movies during the summer months!

Buttercup Playlot Park

4901 N Sheridan Rd

Chicago IL 60640

Films start at DUSK - Outdoors

All movies on Saturday


2021 Screenings

6/12 - Monterey Pop (1968) - Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Ravi Shankar, The Who and MORE recorded LIVE.  2020 sucked for concerts.  Hopefully this will make up for some of it..... (Concert Film)


7/10 - Be Kind Rewind (2008) - VHS TAPES!!!  Remember those....  Since online streaming has taken over I think this would make for a VERY timely film.  Also (if I remember right) the neighborhood the film takes place in seems just as diverse as ours. PG-13 (Comedy)


7/31 - Crooklyn (1994) - One of my two favorite Spike Lee 'Joints'.  This is a film about a family and the kids within it.  Even though the main characters are the kids, this is not a little kids film.  PG-13 (Comedy, Drama)


8/21 - TBD - Working on the rights to this one..  I can say that it will be animated and it will be a kids film.



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HOW TO GET THERE

 

CTA Bus 151 - Sheridan and Ainsle


Red Line - Argyle stop.  Walk East on Argyle and make right on Sheridan


Car - Metered Parking along Sheridan and there is a lot in which you can pay by App on McCutcheon Terrace behind Buttercup Park


Bike!! - Bike racks abound.....

Other films.....

Postponed.. Will give dates and times when available

Location TBD.........


Mexican Cinema

El Esqueleto de la Señora Morales (1960)



Accessible by

Broadway 36 Bus (Ainslie stop)

Lawrence 81 Bus (Broadway stop)

Lawrence and Argyle Red Line stops

Past Preshow Entertainment

Before each film I try to have some type of entertainment or informative speaker relating to the film. Below is a list of those who have helped out so far. I have included hyperlinks for more information on each one

  • Keema's Kickin Crew had a Soul Line Dancing class prior to showing 'Singin in the Rain'
  • The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago with Andrea Bryant as a speaker prior to 'Hidden Figures'
  • Nathaniel Cerf - Had his fencing students do an exhibition prior to 'The Mark of Zorro'
  • Queen's Teeth performed prior to 'The Black Stallion'
  • Rosalind Lee sang prior to 'Carmen Jones'
  • Sam Maranto from MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) spoke before 'Five Million Years to Earth' aka 'Quatermass and the Pit'
  • Mark R Kaplan Branch Manager at the Bezazian Branch of the Chicago Public Library spoke before 'Jason and the Argonauts'
  • Violinist Adam Gianforte played before 'Hidden Figures'
  • Urban Village Band performed prior to 'The Jungle Book'
  • Special appreance by Normin Baytes with a taxidermy discussion prior to 'Rebecca'
  • Martial Arts demonstration prior to 'Project A' from Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center
  • Pre-Show entertainment with guitarist Hank Martin and chanteuse Glow prior to 'Coco'
  • Pre-Show entertainment with Kaotic Drumline prior to 'Black Panther'
  •  Tephra Miriam reading from her children's book 'A Monster or a Microwave: Come and play with Zuwena!'   prior to 'The Princess and the Frog'.

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Non Profit of the Month

American Genre Film Archive

Over the past couple of years, AGFA has helped me screen a couple of

films.  Whale Rider, Come Drink With Me, Phantasm and Bubba Ho Tep.  All of them PHENOMINAL pieces of work.  To learn about and support them, please feel free to click on the image on the side.   WARNING - their website is NOT for the faint of heart.... 

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